Keith Urban’s latest hit, “Coming Home,” features singer-songwriter Julia Michaels, who also had a hand in writing the song from his Graffiti U album released earlier this year. He came across her song “Issues,” and then immediately wanted to hear more from the pop songstress.

“She put out a song called ‘Issues,’ and I loved it, and then I got her EP and there’s maybe just 7 or 8 songs on it, but I literally loved every single song on that record and I thought I just got to figure out if I can write with her someday,” says Keith. “And her and two of the writers, we got together one day, and we wrote a song called ‘Gemini,’ which is on the album. And then I was working on this song called ‘Coming Home,’ and I needed, I just wanted some more color on finishing out the song, so I called in Julia and she helped me finish it out and then sang on the bridge.”

Julia, who also co-wrote the song “Gemini” with Keith, says collaborating with Keith is amazing. “Keith has so many ideas, and the fact that he can literally hop on the guitar and play something so effortlessly or hop on the banjo and play that just as effortlessly, and melodically so in tune with himself. All the lyrics have to matter to him. Everything has to mean something to him, and that’s really important when it’s your song and it’s your voice and it’s your music. You have to make sure that it’s you and he does, and it’s really cool to watch.”

Keith takes his Graffiti U World Tour to Mountain View, California on Thursday (July 19th), followed by a two-night stand in Lake Tahoe on Friday (July 20th) and Saturday (July 21st).